Riding in a green Pontiac Bonneville seems to be bad luck for a Worthington man. He was a passenger in one when the car was stopped last October – he was arrested. It happened against this month.

Devin Joseph Waggoner, 33, Worthington, now has four criminal cases pending against him and he was in court last week for two initial hearings.

Waggoner was last arrested on Tuesday evening, June 11, by Worthington Deputy Marshal Russell Walls on a warrant issued on a preliminary charge of auto theft, and on new preliminary charges involving drugs.

Walls was on patrol around 4:45 p.m. that day when he saw a green Pontiac Bonneville turn onto Commercial Street/State Road 67 without signaling a turn. When the Bonneville turned west onto Terre Haute Road, Walls initiated a traffic stop.

Waggoner was a back-seat passenger in the car and Officer Walls recognized him and knew there was a warrant out for his arrest. Waggoner was taken into custody, checked for weapons and transported to jail.

During the weapons check, Walls reported finding numerous controlled substances in Waggoner’s possession including three pill bottles that did not have Waggoner’s name on them. One contained 17 morphine sulfate pills, a Schedule II controlled substance, and 23 Alprazolam pills, a Schedule IV controlled substance. Another bottle contained 157 Diazepam 5 mg pills, a Schedule IV controlled substance. A third bottle contained 42 Gabapentin pills, a legend drug.

Waggoner was booked in before 7 p.m. and held without bond on the drug charges, pending his appearance in court.

When Waggoner appeared in Greene Superior Court for an initial hearing, his bond was set at $10,000 surety with ten percent cash allowed and he was charged with:

Three counts of possession of a controlled substance, all Class A misdemeanors.
Unlawful possession or use of a legend drug, a Level 6 felony.

About that warrant: Waggoner was initially asked to step out of the Bonneville because there was a warrant out for his arrest.

The warrant was issued in early June on a preliminary charge of auto theft, a Level 6 felony.

The auto theft case was investigated by Greene County Sheriff’s Deputy Camron Frye after Frye was dispatched to take a report on a vehicle theft.

Frye reported a white GMC Sonoma step-side short bed pickup truck had gone missing from a residence which was the home of family members of Waggoner. They suspected Waggoner had taken it.

The owners said Waggoner did not have permission to drive any of their vehicles including the truck, and that Waggoner did not have a valid driver’s license.

The next day, the truck was located along with Waggoner. Deputy Frye was called when another deputy and officers from the Linton Police Department were at the Park Inn in Linton. Officers took possession of the truck and Waggoner was transported to Greene County General Hospital for medical issues and was not arrested at that time.

So last week Waggoner also appeared in court for an initial hearing on the charge of auto theft, a Level 6 felony.

In the auto theft case, he was being held on a $4,000 surety bond with ten percent cash allowed.

Since his court appearances, he has been released on bond.

He has two other criminal cases still pending against him in addition to the most recent two. In one of those cases, he was arrested last October when a green Pontiac Bonneville was stopped in Worthington and he was a passenger. Of note: In both of those traffic stops, the driver of the car was not arrested or charged.